Person
Hermas
first half of the second century, perhaps earlier
Roman prophet, author of the Shepherd
Disputed. Roman origin is clear. The author's identity and date are not.
The Shepherd is a long Roman apocalypse of visions, mandates, and parables about repentance after baptism. The Muratorian fragment calls Hermas the brother of bishop Pius, which would date the book around the middle of the second century. Other features look earlier. It was widely read and often treated as useful but not apostolic scripture.
Places
Councils
No council in this list names them as a participant.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this biography. The confidence note is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Catalog editions
Further reading
- 1 Clement: reference
- 2 Clement: reference
- Ignatius to the Ephesians: reference
- Ignatius to the Magnesians: reference
- Ignatius to the Trallians: reference
- Ignatius to the Romans: reference
- Ignatius to the Philadelphians: reference
- Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans: reference
- Ignatius to Polycarp: reference
- Polycarp to the Philippians: reference
- Martyrdom of Polycarp: reference
- Didache: reference
- Epistle of Barnabas: reference
- Shepherd of Hermas: reference
- Epistle to Diognetus: reference
- Fragments of Papias: reference